Expressing the hope of attaining 7.5 per cent GDP growth in the current fiscal year 2016-17, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh…

Absolute inequality is the worst form of inequality and it is affecting the entire world and bad for the growth for sustainability as well said Lead Economist of World Bank Dr Zahid Hussain at media training workshop programme.  The United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals are a global…

A business delegation from Uzbekistan yesterday met Textile and Jute Minister Muhammad Imaj Uddin Pramanik at the ministry’s conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat, reports BSS. During their courtesy meeting, they discussed issues related to bilateral trade and investment along with matters…

AFP, WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump on Monday dined with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who harshly criticized the US developer’s presidential campaign before his win, transition officials said. Trump invited Slim to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and then called it “a…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said Monday it retains “full confidence” in Christine Lagarde’s ability to continue…

AFP, LONDON: Global markets struggled yesterday as traders mulled the impact of this week’s deadly attacks in Europe before the Christmas and New…

AFP, WASHINGTON: If brick-and-mortar stores fear Amazon and e-commerce as a threat to their existence, used car dealers may be terrified by the newest…

AFP, TOKYO: The Bank of Japan yesterday lifted its view of the economy for the first time in over a year, as the sliding yen boosts exports, offering some hope for Tokyo’s stuttering growth programme. Policymakers held fire on further stimulus and said they would maintain a plan to keep the yield…

Majority of stocks were down yesterday breaking a gaining streak that continued in the past five trading sessions, reports BSS. The price fall was mostly…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Satellite broadband firm OneWeb on Monday announced a $1.2 billion funding round led by SoftBank, the first concrete investment from the Japanese group which made a pledge to President-elect Donald Trump. SoftBank, which is providing $1 billion of the funding for the project aimed at…

AFP, MUMBAI: Cyrus Mistry, the ousted former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata, announced Monday he had resigned from all of the group's listed companies as he pledged to escalate his bitter dispute with company patriarch Ratan Tata. Mistry was expected to be removed from the board of several…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler”—named Jarvis—is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a…

AFP, BRUSSELS: The European Union charged Facebook yesterday with providing "misleading" information when it sought approval for its blockbuster $22-billon buyout of the WhatsApp mobile messaging service. The European Commission said the EU's greenlight of the buyout, announced in…